@Rogerio *****

thank you

All the visas have changed since I lived and worked in Chiang Mai for 3 years. I had a non immigrant b and still needed to leave the country to get my work permit extended yearly and repot to immigration every 90 days. I was wanting to come back when I turn 60 and build up my Thai language skills and was looking at a student visa. Have you compared the student and Dtv visa? If so what are the advantages of the dtv visa?

@Lester ********

fair call

If you only want to do a 1 month cooking class why don’t you just come on a tourist visa? I am not sure about British passport holders but for Australians we get a 60 day free tourist visa on arrival the are able to extend that for another 30 days.

I am sure you can then just enroll at a Thai cooking school for the months course.

Why do you want a retirement visa? You could do 3 months a year on a tourist visa and you won’t need to keep 0 in a bank account or provide evidence of 65,000 per month income + the visa process fee. Depending on the country you live in a tourist visa is free.

Just buy a return ticket to one of the neighboring counties and go there for a few days then you don’t have to get an extension

It’s common that the maps are wrong in Thailand ell that’s my experience